Syllabus: UGC NET Sociology (Paper - II) | Crash Course for UGC NET Sociology PDF Download

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Subject: SOCIOLOGY                                   Code No. : 05 
  
 Unit -1 : Sociological Theory 
1. Classical Sociological Traditions 
? Emile Durkheim 
? Max Weber 
? Karl Marx 
2. Structure- Functionalism and Structuralism  
? Bronislaw Malinowski 
? A.R.  Radcliffe- Brown 
? Talcott Parsons 
? Robert K. Merton 
? Claude Levi Strauss  
3. Hermeneutic and Interpretative Traditions 
?  G.H.  Mead 
? Karl Manheim 
? Alfred Schutz 
? Harold Garfinkel 
? Erving Goffman 
? Clifford Geertz 
 
4. Post Modernism, Post Structuralism  and Post Colonialism 
? Edward Said 
? Pierre Bourdieu 
? Michel Foucault 
? Jurgen Habermas 
? Anthony Giddens 
? Manuel Castells 
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UNIVERSITY GRANTS COMMISSION 
NET BUREAU 
 
                                 NETSYLLABUS 
 
Subject: SOCIOLOGY                                   Code No. : 05 
  
 Unit -1 : Sociological Theory 
1. Classical Sociological Traditions 
? Emile Durkheim 
? Max Weber 
? Karl Marx 
2. Structure- Functionalism and Structuralism  
? Bronislaw Malinowski 
? A.R.  Radcliffe- Brown 
? Talcott Parsons 
? Robert K. Merton 
? Claude Levi Strauss  
3. Hermeneutic and Interpretative Traditions 
?  G.H.  Mead 
? Karl Manheim 
? Alfred Schutz 
? Harold Garfinkel 
? Erving Goffman 
? Clifford Geertz 
 
4. Post Modernism, Post Structuralism  and Post Colonialism 
? Edward Said 
? Pierre Bourdieu 
? Michel Foucault 
? Jurgen Habermas 
? Anthony Giddens 
? Manuel Castells 
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5. Indian Thinkers 
? M.K.  Gandhi 
? B.R.  Ambedkar 
? Radha Kamal Mukherjee 
? G. S. Ghurye 
? M.N. Srinivas 
? Irawati Karve 
 
Unit - 2 :  Research Methodology and Methods 
1. Conceptualizing Social Reality 
?  Philosophy of Science 
? Scientific Method and Epistemology  in Social Science  
? Hermeneutic Traditions 
? Objectivity and Reflexivity in Social Science  
? Ethics and Politics 
2. Formulating Research Design 
? Reading Social Science Research, Data and Documents 
? Induction  and Deduction 
? Fact, Concept and Theory  
? Hypotheses, Research Questions, Objectives 
 
3. Quantitative and Qualitative Methods 
? Ethnography 
? Survey Method 
? Historical Method 
? Comparative Method   
 
4. Techniques  
? Sampling 
? Questionnaire and Schedule 
? Statistical Analysis 
? Observation, Interview and  Case study   
? Interpretation, Data Analysis and Report Writing 
Unit -3 :  Basic Concepts and Institutions 
1. Sociological Concepts 
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UNIVERSITY GRANTS COMMISSION 
NET BUREAU 
 
                                 NETSYLLABUS 
 
Subject: SOCIOLOGY                                   Code No. : 05 
  
 Unit -1 : Sociological Theory 
1. Classical Sociological Traditions 
? Emile Durkheim 
? Max Weber 
? Karl Marx 
2. Structure- Functionalism and Structuralism  
? Bronislaw Malinowski 
? A.R.  Radcliffe- Brown 
? Talcott Parsons 
? Robert K. Merton 
? Claude Levi Strauss  
3. Hermeneutic and Interpretative Traditions 
?  G.H.  Mead 
? Karl Manheim 
? Alfred Schutz 
? Harold Garfinkel 
? Erving Goffman 
? Clifford Geertz 
 
4. Post Modernism, Post Structuralism  and Post Colonialism 
? Edward Said 
? Pierre Bourdieu 
? Michel Foucault 
? Jurgen Habermas 
? Anthony Giddens 
? Manuel Castells 
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5. Indian Thinkers 
? M.K.  Gandhi 
? B.R.  Ambedkar 
? Radha Kamal Mukherjee 
? G. S. Ghurye 
? M.N. Srinivas 
? Irawati Karve 
 
Unit - 2 :  Research Methodology and Methods 
1. Conceptualizing Social Reality 
?  Philosophy of Science 
? Scientific Method and Epistemology  in Social Science  
? Hermeneutic Traditions 
? Objectivity and Reflexivity in Social Science  
? Ethics and Politics 
2. Formulating Research Design 
? Reading Social Science Research, Data and Documents 
? Induction  and Deduction 
? Fact, Concept and Theory  
? Hypotheses, Research Questions, Objectives 
 
3. Quantitative and Qualitative Methods 
? Ethnography 
? Survey Method 
? Historical Method 
? Comparative Method   
 
4. Techniques  
? Sampling 
? Questionnaire and Schedule 
? Statistical Analysis 
? Observation, Interview and  Case study   
? Interpretation, Data Analysis and Report Writing 
Unit -3 :  Basic Concepts and Institutions 
1. Sociological Concepts 
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? Social Structure  
? Culture 
? Network 
? Status and Role 
? Identity 
? Community 
? Diaspora 
? Values, Norms and  Rules 
? Personhood, Habitus and Agency 
? Bureaucracy, Power and Authority  
2. Social Institutions 
? Marriage, Family and Kinship  
? Economy 
? Polity 
? Religion 
? Education  
? Law and Customs  
3. Social Stratification  
? Social Difference, Hierarchy,  Inequality and Marginalization 
?  Caste and  Class 
? Gender, Sexuality and Disability 
? Race, Tribe and  Ethnicity  
 
5.  Social Change and Processes 
? Evolution and Diffusion 
? Modernization and  Development 
? Social Transformations and Globalization 
? Social Mobility 
Unit – 4 :  Rural and Urban Transformations 
1. Rural and Peasant Society  
? Caste-Tribe Settlements  
? Agrarian Social Structure and Emergent Class Relations 
? Land Ownership and Agrarian Relations  
? Decline of Agrarian Economy, De-Peasantization and Migration 
? Agrarian Unrest and Peasant Movements   
? Changing Inter-Community Relations and Violence 
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UNIVERSITY GRANTS COMMISSION 
NET BUREAU 
 
                                 NETSYLLABUS 
 
Subject: SOCIOLOGY                                   Code No. : 05 
  
 Unit -1 : Sociological Theory 
1. Classical Sociological Traditions 
? Emile Durkheim 
? Max Weber 
? Karl Marx 
2. Structure- Functionalism and Structuralism  
? Bronislaw Malinowski 
? A.R.  Radcliffe- Brown 
? Talcott Parsons 
? Robert K. Merton 
? Claude Levi Strauss  
3. Hermeneutic and Interpretative Traditions 
?  G.H.  Mead 
? Karl Manheim 
? Alfred Schutz 
? Harold Garfinkel 
? Erving Goffman 
? Clifford Geertz 
 
4. Post Modernism, Post Structuralism  and Post Colonialism 
? Edward Said 
? Pierre Bourdieu 
? Michel Foucault 
? Jurgen Habermas 
? Anthony Giddens 
? Manuel Castells 
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5. Indian Thinkers 
? M.K.  Gandhi 
? B.R.  Ambedkar 
? Radha Kamal Mukherjee 
? G. S. Ghurye 
? M.N. Srinivas 
? Irawati Karve 
 
Unit - 2 :  Research Methodology and Methods 
1. Conceptualizing Social Reality 
?  Philosophy of Science 
? Scientific Method and Epistemology  in Social Science  
? Hermeneutic Traditions 
? Objectivity and Reflexivity in Social Science  
? Ethics and Politics 
2. Formulating Research Design 
? Reading Social Science Research, Data and Documents 
? Induction  and Deduction 
? Fact, Concept and Theory  
? Hypotheses, Research Questions, Objectives 
 
3. Quantitative and Qualitative Methods 
? Ethnography 
? Survey Method 
? Historical Method 
? Comparative Method   
 
4. Techniques  
? Sampling 
? Questionnaire and Schedule 
? Statistical Analysis 
? Observation, Interview and  Case study   
? Interpretation, Data Analysis and Report Writing 
Unit -3 :  Basic Concepts and Institutions 
1. Sociological Concepts 
3 
 
 
 
 
? Social Structure  
? Culture 
? Network 
? Status and Role 
? Identity 
? Community 
? Diaspora 
? Values, Norms and  Rules 
? Personhood, Habitus and Agency 
? Bureaucracy, Power and Authority  
2. Social Institutions 
? Marriage, Family and Kinship  
? Economy 
? Polity 
? Religion 
? Education  
? Law and Customs  
3. Social Stratification  
? Social Difference, Hierarchy,  Inequality and Marginalization 
?  Caste and  Class 
? Gender, Sexuality and Disability 
? Race, Tribe and  Ethnicity  
 
5.  Social Change and Processes 
? Evolution and Diffusion 
? Modernization and  Development 
? Social Transformations and Globalization 
? Social Mobility 
Unit – 4 :  Rural and Urban Transformations 
1. Rural and Peasant Society  
? Caste-Tribe Settlements  
? Agrarian Social Structure and Emergent Class Relations 
? Land Ownership and Agrarian Relations  
? Decline of Agrarian Economy, De-Peasantization and Migration 
? Agrarian Unrest and Peasant Movements   
? Changing Inter-Community Relations and Violence 
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2.  Urban Society 
? Urbanism, Urbanity and Urbanization 
? Towns, Cities and Mega-Cities 
? Industry, Service and Business  
? Neighbourhood, Slums and  Ethnic Enclaves 
? Middle Class and Gated Communities  
? Urban Movements and Violence 
Unit – 5 :  State, Politics and Development 
1. Political Processes in India 
 
?  Tribe, Nation State and Border 
?  Bureaucracy 
?  Governance and  Development    
?  Public Policy: Health, Education and Livelihoods 
? Political Culture 
? Grass-root Democracy 
? Law and Society  
? Gender and Development  
? Corruption 
?  Role of International Development Organizations 
 
2.  Social Movements and Protests 
 
? Political Factions, Pressure Groups 
? Movements  based on Caste, Ethnicity, Ideology,  Gender, Disability, Religion 
and Region   
? Civil Society  and Citizenship 
? NGOs, Activism and Leadership 
? Reservations and Politics 
Unit – 6 :  Economy and Society  
? Exchange, Gift , Capital, Labour and Market 
? Mode of Production Debates 
? Property and Property Relations 
? State and  Market: Welfarism  and Neoliberalism 
? Models of Economic Development 
? Poverty and Exclusion 
? Factory and Industry Systems 
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1 
 
 
 
 
                                                
  
 
UNIVERSITY GRANTS COMMISSION 
NET BUREAU 
 
                                 NETSYLLABUS 
 
Subject: SOCIOLOGY                                   Code No. : 05 
  
 Unit -1 : Sociological Theory 
1. Classical Sociological Traditions 
? Emile Durkheim 
? Max Weber 
? Karl Marx 
2. Structure- Functionalism and Structuralism  
? Bronislaw Malinowski 
? A.R.  Radcliffe- Brown 
? Talcott Parsons 
? Robert K. Merton 
? Claude Levi Strauss  
3. Hermeneutic and Interpretative Traditions 
?  G.H.  Mead 
? Karl Manheim 
? Alfred Schutz 
? Harold Garfinkel 
? Erving Goffman 
? Clifford Geertz 
 
4. Post Modernism, Post Structuralism  and Post Colonialism 
? Edward Said 
? Pierre Bourdieu 
? Michel Foucault 
? Jurgen Habermas 
? Anthony Giddens 
? Manuel Castells 
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5. Indian Thinkers 
? M.K.  Gandhi 
? B.R.  Ambedkar 
? Radha Kamal Mukherjee 
? G. S. Ghurye 
? M.N. Srinivas 
? Irawati Karve 
 
Unit - 2 :  Research Methodology and Methods 
1. Conceptualizing Social Reality 
?  Philosophy of Science 
? Scientific Method and Epistemology  in Social Science  
? Hermeneutic Traditions 
? Objectivity and Reflexivity in Social Science  
? Ethics and Politics 
2. Formulating Research Design 
? Reading Social Science Research, Data and Documents 
? Induction  and Deduction 
? Fact, Concept and Theory  
? Hypotheses, Research Questions, Objectives 
 
3. Quantitative and Qualitative Methods 
? Ethnography 
? Survey Method 
? Historical Method 
? Comparative Method   
 
4. Techniques  
? Sampling 
? Questionnaire and Schedule 
? Statistical Analysis 
? Observation, Interview and  Case study   
? Interpretation, Data Analysis and Report Writing 
Unit -3 :  Basic Concepts and Institutions 
1. Sociological Concepts 
3 
 
 
 
 
? Social Structure  
? Culture 
? Network 
? Status and Role 
? Identity 
? Community 
? Diaspora 
? Values, Norms and  Rules 
? Personhood, Habitus and Agency 
? Bureaucracy, Power and Authority  
2. Social Institutions 
? Marriage, Family and Kinship  
? Economy 
? Polity 
? Religion 
? Education  
? Law and Customs  
3. Social Stratification  
? Social Difference, Hierarchy,  Inequality and Marginalization 
?  Caste and  Class 
? Gender, Sexuality and Disability 
? Race, Tribe and  Ethnicity  
 
5.  Social Change and Processes 
? Evolution and Diffusion 
? Modernization and  Development 
? Social Transformations and Globalization 
? Social Mobility 
Unit – 4 :  Rural and Urban Transformations 
1. Rural and Peasant Society  
? Caste-Tribe Settlements  
? Agrarian Social Structure and Emergent Class Relations 
? Land Ownership and Agrarian Relations  
? Decline of Agrarian Economy, De-Peasantization and Migration 
? Agrarian Unrest and Peasant Movements   
? Changing Inter-Community Relations and Violence 
4 
 
 
 
 
2.  Urban Society 
? Urbanism, Urbanity and Urbanization 
? Towns, Cities and Mega-Cities 
? Industry, Service and Business  
? Neighbourhood, Slums and  Ethnic Enclaves 
? Middle Class and Gated Communities  
? Urban Movements and Violence 
Unit – 5 :  State, Politics and Development 
1. Political Processes in India 
 
?  Tribe, Nation State and Border 
?  Bureaucracy 
?  Governance and  Development    
?  Public Policy: Health, Education and Livelihoods 
? Political Culture 
? Grass-root Democracy 
? Law and Society  
? Gender and Development  
? Corruption 
?  Role of International Development Organizations 
 
2.  Social Movements and Protests 
 
? Political Factions, Pressure Groups 
? Movements  based on Caste, Ethnicity, Ideology,  Gender, Disability, Religion 
and Region   
? Civil Society  and Citizenship 
? NGOs, Activism and Leadership 
? Reservations and Politics 
Unit – 6 :  Economy and Society  
? Exchange, Gift , Capital, Labour and Market 
? Mode of Production Debates 
? Property and Property Relations 
? State and  Market: Welfarism  and Neoliberalism 
? Models of Economic Development 
? Poverty and Exclusion 
? Factory and Industry Systems 
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? Changing Nature of Labour  Relations 
? Gender and Labour Process 
? Business and Family 
? Digital Economy, E-Commerce  
? Global Business and Corporates 
? Tourism  
? Consumption 
Unit - 7:  Environment and Society 
? Social and Cultural Ecology: Diverse Forms 
? Technological Change, Agriculture and Biodiversity  
? Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Ethno-Medicine 
? Gender and Environment  
? Forest Policies, Adivasis and Exclusion 
? Ecological Degradation and Migration 
? Development, Displacement and Rehabilitation 
? Water and Social Exclusion  
? Disasters and Community Responses 
? Environmental Pollution, Public Health and Disability  
? Climate Change and International Policies 
? Environmental  Movements 
Unit - 8:  Family, Marriage and Kinship  
? Theoretical Approaches: Structure-Functionalist, Alliance and Cultural 
? Gender Relations and Power Dynamics 
? Inheritance, Succession and Authority 
? Gender, Sexuality and Reproduction   
? Children, Youth and Elderly  
? Emotions and Family 
? Emergent  Forms of Family  
? Changing Marriage Practices 
? Changing Care and Support Systems 
? Family Laws 
? Domestic Violence and Crime against Women 
? Honour Killing 
 
Unit - 9 :  Science, Technology and Society 
? History of Technological Development   
? Changing notions of Time and Space 
? Flows and Boundaries